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Issue 053
Vol. 9 No. 053 (2021)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 53nd issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes the following articles "Why Did the "Baath State" in Syria Collapse?" by Marwan Kabalan; "The Mahdi Army and the Sadrist Movement in Iraq: The Struggle for Transformation" by Haider Saeed; "Soft Power in Action: Towards a Theoretical Framework" by Ali Bakir; and "Constitutional Law and Legitimization of the Political System in Morocco: A Political Sociology of Science" by Mohamed Goulferni. The issue includes a paper on the Arab Opinion Index by Hicham Raïq and Mohamed Ourya "Arab People's view on Political Systems: Comparative 103 Study Using Principal Component Analysis", followed by the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/9-31/10/2021, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Amer Katbeh review entitled "The MENA Region between Democratization and Autocracy Studies: Literature Review and Theoretical Reflections before and after the Arab Uprisings".
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Issue 052
Vol. 9 No. 052 (2021)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 52nd issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya.This issue includes four studies in a special issue on Constitutional Issues and Democratic Transitions. The articles include "The State of Rule of Law and Democracy: the Concept and the Requirments of Constitutionalism" by Kamal Djalab; "Constitution Designing and Confidence Building: A Comparative Study of Democratic Transition Experiences" by Marwa Fekry; "A Step Backwards: Implications of the Constitutional Engineering of the Transition on the Foundational Process in Egypt and Tunisia" by Rashad Twam; and "The Constitutional Management of Political Transition in Algeria: Do the Existing Constitutional Paths Meet the Demands of the Hirak?" by Mouslem Babaarabi; Also provided is a translation of Nira Wickramasinghe's "The Idea of Civil Society in the South: Imaginings, Transplants, Designs" by Mohammed Hemchi.The issue further presents a paper on the Arab Opinion Index, "Tunisian Public Opinion on the Democratic Experience," by the Public Opinion Polling Unit, followed by the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/7-30/8/2021, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Sena Khateeb's book review of A Study on the Foreign Policy of Qatar by Zuhair al-Mukh.
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Issue 051
Vol. 9 No. 051 (2021)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 51st issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya.This issue includes the following articles: "Qatar's Policy and Experience in Mediation and Dispute Settlement" by Mutlaq Majed Al Qahtani and Dana Mansoor AL-Thani; "The Centrality of the Eastern Region in Sudan's Peace: Existing Tensions and Prevention of Escalation of Conflict" by Sultan Barakat and Mona Hedaya; "Consociational Democracy in Iraq: Reproducing Ethnic, Religious, and Linguistic Minorities as Political Minorities" by Saleem Suzah; Algeria: Democratic Transition in the Context of Economic Failure" by Nouri Dris; and "The Issue of Causal Link between Political Freedom and Economic Freedom: Evidence from the Arab World" by Brahim El Morchid and El Houcine Chougrani. Also provided is a translation of Paul D. Hutchcroft's "Centralization and Decentralization in Administration and Politics: Assessing Territorial Dimensions of Authority and Power" Aoumria Soltani.The issue also presents a paper on the Arab Opinion Index by Belkacem Elguettaa, "Algerian Public Confidence in the Military as an Institution (2011-2020)," followed by the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/5 - 30/6/2021, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Mohamad Tawfik's book review of Understanding Political Islam: Research Trajectories on the Islamic Otherness 1973–2016 by François Burgat.
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Issue 050
Vol. 9 No. 050 (2021)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 50th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes four studies in a special issue on International Relations and the Pandemic. The articles include an introduction: "International Relations and the Pandemic: A Short Story and Four Articles" by Mohammed Hemchi, in addition to "International Relations Theories and the Pandemic: Old Wines in New Bottles and an Aging Wine" by Mohammed Hemchi; "The International System and the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Debate over the Effects of Epidemics on International Relations" by Ahmed Qasem Hussein; "The International Political Economy and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Theoretical Reflections" by Chahrazed Khier; and "Populists in Government and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Between the Normality of Measures and the Singularity of Discourse - The Case of the Trump Administration" by Abdelkarim Amengay. Also provided is a translation of David P. Fidler "Disease and Globalized Anarchy: Theoretical Perspectives on the Pursuit of Global Health" by Sara Ismael.The issue also presents a paper on the Arab Opinion Index by Public Opinion Polling Unit, "Arab Public Opinion and Government Performance in Providing Basic Services," followed by the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/3-30/4/2021, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Lourdes Habash's book review of Covid-19 and World Order: The Future 169 of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation edited by Hal Brands & Francis J. Gavin.
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Issue 049
Vol. 9 No. 049 (2021)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 49th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes a special segment titled "On Forced Migration and Displacement", comprising of the articles: "Returning Syrian Refugees from Neighbouring Host Countries: Lessons from Global Experiences" by Sultan Barakat and Ghassan ElKahlout; "Forced Migration of Ethnic and Religious Minorities in the Disputed Territories of Iraq: A Case Study of the Yazidi Minority after 2014" by Majid Hassan Ali; "Forced Displacement in Area C and the (Palestinian) Jordan Valley under Israeli Settler Colonialism" by Kholoud Al Ajarma & Ihab Maharmeh. The issue additionally includes: "The Nation-State in the Transition of Islamic Thought in the Indian Subcontinent" by Omair Anas; "US-Iran Relations under the Trump Administration: Exchanges and Consequences," by Mahjoob Zweiri & Muyassar Suleiman. Also provided is a translation of Adam Przeworski's "Capitalism, Development, and Democracy" by Abdou Moussa El-Bermawy. The issue also presents a paper on the Arab Opinion Index by Public Opinion Polling Unit, "Arab Public Opinion on the Palestinian Cause," followed by the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/1 - 28/2/2021, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Ahmed Mohsen's book review of Businessmen in Arms: How the Military and Other Armed Groups Profit in the MENA Region edited by Elke Grawert and Zeınab Abul-Magd and Rana Barout's review of Politische Theologie by Karl Schmitt.
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Issue 048
Vol. 9 No. 048 (2021)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 48th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal, Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes: "Disguised Protectionism: Economic Nationalism in a Borderless World" by Rabah Zaghouni; "Hegemony in International Relations: A Conceptual Review of the US Policy" by Lourdes Habash; "Mauritania between the Enormity of the Humanitarian Legacy and the Intractability of Transitional Justice" by Ahmed NDary; "International Protection for IDPs: Protection for People or Borders?" by Houria Ait Kaci; and "Protection for Refugee Rights: International and Regional Instruments" by Omar Rouabhi. The issue also presents a paper on the Arab Opinion Index by Dana El Kurd, " Assessing Arab Public Opinion towards US Foreign Policy". Further included in this issue is a translation of Nadine Méouchy's "Minorities and the National Structure in Assad's Syria". This is followed by the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/11/2020 - 31/12/2020, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue concludes with reviews of Ning An's Confucian Geopolitics: Chinese Geopolitical Imaginations of the US War on Terror by Kamel Bounab.
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Issue 047
Vol. 8 No. 047 (2020)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published the 47th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes: " Why Transitional Justice Needs to be Conceptualised in Arab States Theoretically as Well as Empirically?" by Jeremy Sarkin; " Reconciliation and Truth in South Africa: An Examination of Transitional Justice Achievements and Impasses" by Ahmed Idali; " The Transitional Justice Predicament in Tunisia" by Chaker Houki; "Faltering Steps of Transitional Justice and the Fragility of Democratic Transition in Morocco" by Nabil Zegaoui; and "Transitional Justice in Libya: In Real Terms, Useless Statutes?" by Mahmoud Hamad. The issue includes a paper on the Arab Opinion Index by Mehran Kamrava and Hamideh Dorzadeh, "Arab Opinion Toward Iran 2019/ 2020". Also included in this issue is a translation of Theda Skocpol's " Bringing the State Back in: Strategies of Analysis in Current Research" by Ali Hakim Salih. This is followed by the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine over two months, 1/9/2020 - 31/10/2020, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with reviews of Hamid Dabashi's Europe and its Coloniality after Empire by Mekia Nedjar and Carl Minzner's End of an Era: How China's Authoritarian Revival is Undermining its Rise by Hikmat al-Abd al-Rahman.
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Issue 046
Vol. 8 No. 046 (2020)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and Doha Institute for Graduate Studies has published the 46th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes: "EU as a Security Actor? A Study on the EUGSS 2016 and ESS 2003 Paradigmatic Shifts" by Amina Mostefa Della; "The New Silk Road in Chinese Strategy: Goals, Power and Challenges" by Mohamed Mutawe; "Indian Revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's Special Status: Options for Pakistani Options" by Zahid Shahab Ahmed & M. Waqas Jan; "Political Parties in Morocco and the Impasse of New Social Tensions" by Elhabib Stati Zineddine. The issue includes Arab Opinion Index paper by Hicham Raïq & Mohamed Ourya "The Satisfaction Degree of Young People In light of the Political and Economic Transformations after the "Arab Spring" Bilateral Logistic Regression Analysis for a Sample from the Maghreb". Also included in this issue is a translation of Abdennour Benantar's "Unipolarity of the International System: What status for China?," by Aoumria Soltani. Mohammed Hemchi. This is followed by the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine Over Two Months 1/7/2020 - 31/8/2020, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Djallel Khechib,s book review of Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump by Joseph Nye.
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Issue 045
Vol. 8 No. 045 (2020)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and Doha Institute for Graduate Studies has published the 45th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes: “Democracy in Office, Authoritarianism in Power: The Failure of Palestinian Electoral Democracy, 2006-2007” by Imad Alsoos; “Understanding Hamas: Remarks on Three Different and Interrelated Theoretical Approaches” by Hani Awad; “How Did Hamas Establish its Army in the Gaza? The Evolution of the Military Action of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades” by Ahmed Qasem Hussein; “Shrinking Humanitarian Space in Gaza Strip Under Siege” by Ghassan ElKahlout; “The Stagnation of Reconstruction in Gaza: Donor Delay over Subjective and Objective Concerns” by Sultan Barakat; “International Aid to the Gaza under Israeli Conditionalities: Is it Time to Rethink Financing Policies and Mechanisms?” by Tamer Qarmout; “Israeli Policy in Gaza” by Mahmoud Muhareb; and “Post-2007 US Foreign Policy Trends in the Gaza” by Osama Abu-Irshaid.The issue includes Arab Opinion Index commentary by Dana El Kurd, "Public Opinion in Gaza on Political, Economic and Security Conditions". This is followed by the documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World and Palestine Over Two Months 1/5/2020 - 30/6/2020, along with select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Omar Shaban's book review of Gaza: The Lost Years of Development (2007-2018) by Mazen Elejlah and Majd Abuamer and Yara Nassar's review of Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance by Tareq Baconi.
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Issue 044
Vol. 8 No. 044 (2020)The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and Doha Institute for Graduate Studies has published the 44th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed political science and international relations journal Siyasat Arabiya. This issue includes: "From Militias to Political Parties: How and Why Do Armed Organizations Take Up Non - Violent Activism?" by Omar Ashour; "The Geopolitical Significance of the Gulf in India's Strategy" by Emad Y. Kaddorah; "Economic Liberalization Policies and Their Impact on Civil-Military Relations: Selected Arab Cases" by Khalid Osman Alfeel; "Virtual Communities on the Edge of Political Confrontation: Wikipedia and the Middle East Informatics Crises" by Sherif Abdul Rahman Seif El-Nasr; "Latin America's Truth Committees: A Comparative Study of Institutional Dynamics and Politics of Memory" by Mohamed Ahmed Bennis. Also included in this issue is a translation ofAidan Hehir's"The Myth of the Failed State and the War on Terror: A Challenge to the Conventional Wisdom," by Mohammed Hemchi. The issue includes Arab Opinion Index commentary by Dana El Kurd, "Palestinian Public Opinion on the Preferences of Unarmed and Armed Resistance". This is followed by documentation of Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/3- 30/4/2020 and of Palestine Over Two Months 1/3- 30/4/2020, alongwith select Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Mohsen Bouazizi's book review of Tunis: A Revolution in the Land of Islam by Yadh Ben Achour and Azzam Al-Kassir's review of Arab Jihadismby Hassan Abu Hania.
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Issue 043
Vol. 8 No. 043 (2020)The ACRPS has published the 43rd issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabiya, covering political sciences and international relations. This issue includes: "The Arab-Islamic Geopolitical Axis and Structuring the International System: Towards a New Approach" by Kadhim Niama; "Shifts in the US Decision-Making Process on Jerusalem" by Ahmad Jamil Azem; "Europe's Stand on Jerusalem and the US "Deal of the Century" by Adeeb Ziadeh; "Good Governance against Administrative Corruption After Arab Spring: The Cases of Tunisia and Egypt" by Mohamed Arafa. Also included in this issue is the paper "The Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Period: A Reading of the Sudanese Consensus" by Abdou Moussa and Somaiya Madebo, alongside a translation of André Lecour's "Political Issues of Paradiplomacy Lessons from the Developed World" by Mohammad K. Alsalih and Inass Abdulsada Ali. The issue includes Arab Opinion Index commentary by the Public Opinion Polling Unit, writing about "Lebanese Public Opinion Trends towards the Protests in Lebanon". This is followed by documentation of the Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/1/2020 - 29/2/2020 and Palestine Over Two Months 1/1/2020 - 29/2/2020. The issue ends with Mohammed Hemchi's review of the IMF Report on Regional Integration in the Maghreb (2018).
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Issue 042
Vol. 8 No. 042 (2020)The ACRPS has published the 42nd issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabiya, covering political sciences and international relations. This issue sees the launch of a new series titled "Siyasat Arabiya Books", published by the journal covering a theoretical topic, a case study, or so on in the realm of political science and international relations. The series begins with the book The Trump-Netanyahu Deal: the Path that Led to the «Peace» Plan and What is to be Done by Azmi Bishara.This issue includes nine studies in special session: Public Administration and Public Policy, Issues in the Arab World. The articles include "Introduction: Public Administration Research and its Relationship with Public Policies in the Arab World, A Critical Perspective" by MohamedAlaa Abdel-Moneim; "Public Policy Studies: Academic Roots and Practical Significance" by B. Guy Peters; "Don't Forget the Law and Politics: What can Arab Public Administration Scholars Learn from the Fluidity of the Field in the US Experience?" by David Rosenbloom and Mohamed Alaa Abdel-Moneim; "Social Science and Public Policymaking in the Arab Region: Towards Building a Methodology to Bridge the Gap" by Brahim Morchid; "Capital Formation, Rate of Return on Capital, and Economic Inequality in the Mena" by Hamid E. Ali and Marmar F. Abdou; "Dreams without Illusions: Bureaucratic Obstacles, Administrative Corruption and the Future of Democracy in the Arab Region" by Mohamed Arafa; "Teaching and Practicing Cultural Competency in the MENA Region" by Deborah L. Trent, Sawsan Abu Tabanjeh and Aziza Zemrani, "Quality Assurance in Tunisian Higher Education: A Case-Driven Analysis of Prevalent Policymaking Practice" by Ichrak Klai, Intissar Kherigi, Khalil Amiri, Sofiane Sahraoui and Sana Ajmi, and "The Regulatory Policies of the Telecommunications Sectors in the Arab Region in the Post-Economic Liberalization Period: Selected Arab Experiences" by Ahmed Badran. Also covered in this issue is Arab Opinion Index commentary by the Public Opinion Polling Unit, writing about "Public Opinion Trends on Public Policy in Arab Countries". The Documentation section explores Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/11/2019 - 31/21/2019 and Documents about Democratic Transition in the Arab Region, as well as the regular installment of Palestine Over Two Months 1/11/2019 - 31/12/2019. Finally, Ihab Maharmeh provides a critical review of Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation and Technocracy: The Hard Road to World Order by Patrick M. Wood.
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Issue 041
Vol. 7 No. 041 (2019)Issue 041 of Siyasat Arabiya journal, Volume 7, 2019.
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Issue 040
Vol. 7 No. 040 (2019)The ACRPS has published the 40th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabiya, covering political sciences and international relations. This issue includes the study "Populism and the Permanent Crisis of Democracy" by Azmi Bishara and a special report called “US-Gulf International Relations: Realist Approaches”. Other articles include “The New Patterns of US-Gulf Relations and the Crises in the Middle East Under Trump’s Administration” by Anthony H. Cordesman; “Qatari-US Relations: Limits of Compatibility and Differences” by Marwan Kabalan; “The Limitations of US Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East” by Ross Harrison; “Saudi-US Relations and their Transformations: Risks and Probabilities” by Mohamed Elmenshawy; “Security Relations between the United States and the Gulf States: The Evolution of Regional Perspectives in an Age of Uncertainty” by Rory Miller; and “Between Wealth and Power: The Political Economy of US Energy Policy in the Gulf” by Rabah Zaghouni. Also covered in this issue is Arab Opinion Index commentary by Dana El Kurd, who writes about “US Policy in Arab Gulf Opinion: Data from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait”. The Documentation section explores Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/7/2019 - 31/8/2019 and Documents about Democratic Transition in the Arab Region, as well as the regular installment of Palestine Over Two Months 1/5/2019 - 30/6/2019. Finally, Ahmed Qasem Hussein provides a book review of US Policy and International Crisis Management (The Cases of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon) by Abbada Mohammed al-Tamer.
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Issue 039
Vol. 7 No. 039 (2019)The ACRPS has published the 39th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabiya, covering political sciences and international relations. This issue includes: "Demographobia in Jerusalem: Reality, Transitions and Forecasts" by Rasim Khamaisi; "The Politics of Contentious Action: Case-Study of the Lebanese "You Stink" Movement" by Stephanie Daher; "Security and Democracy in the Horn of Africa: Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan" by Hassan El Haj Ali and Adiala Ahmed Tabar; "The Military in Mauritania and Algeria and the Democratic Transition Experience" by Boune Oueld Bahe; "Academic Dependency and the Problem of Nationalization of Methodology in the Arab Scholarly Community: Law as a Case Study" by Mohamed Wafik.Also included in this issue is a report by Dana El Kurd from the Public Opinion Polling Unit titled "The Military in Public Opinion: Data from Algeria and Sudan" alongside a translation of Farhad Khosrokhavar's "The New European Jihadism and its Avatars" by Moeen Roumeeh. This is followed by documentation of the Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/5/2019 - 30/6/2019 and Palestine Over Two Months 1/5/2019 - 30/6/2019 along with Documents of Democratic Transition in the Arab World. The issue ends with Rushdi Al Faouri's review of The Shortcomings Within Chronicles of an Unfulfilled Revolution Syria 2011-2012 by Burhan Ghalioun.
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Issue 038
Vol. 7 No. 038 (2019)The ACRPS has published the 38th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabiya, covering political sciences and international relations. This issue includes: “Remarks on External Factors in Democratic Transition” by Azmi Bishara; “Realist Theory in the Face of International Unipolarity” by Ali Jarbawi and Lourdes Habash; “Challenges and Opportunities for Refugees in Host Countries: Jordan as a Case Study” by Ghassan Elkahlout; “Youth and Politics: The Decline of Party Membership in Moroccan society” by Abdelkader Boutaleb and “Media and Power: A New Conceptual Approach, "Le Journal" as a Case Study” by Mehdi K. Benslimane. The issue also includes a review by Chamseddin Alkilani of Faleh A. Jaba ‘s The Caliphate State: Advancing Towards the Past – ISIL and the Local Community in Iraq as well as Marwa Fekry’s review of Ibrahim Frehat’s Incomplete Reconciliation: Critical Review 128 of "Unfinished Revolutions: Yemen, Libya, and Tunisia after the Arab Spring. The Arab Opinion Index section features a paper prepared by Dana El Kurd on “Evaluating the Strength of Legislative Bodies in Jordan, Kuwait and Morocco and their Image in Public Opinion” in addition to documenting the most important " Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World" and "Palestine over two Months" in the period 1/1/2019 28/2/2019. This edition also includes Ihab Maharmeh’s report on “The Two Protest Movements in Sudan and Algeria and Prospects for Democratic Change” The journal is available for purchase and selected articles are free to download at the Siyasat Arabiya website.Table of Contents
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Issue 037
Vol. 7 No. 037 (2019)The ACRPS has published the 37th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabiya, covering political sciences and international relations. This issue includes: "Liberalization without Democracy: The Role of External Factors in the Stability of Moroccan Authoritarianism" by Mohamed Ahmed Bennis; "The Military Establishment in the Balance of the Libyan and Tunisian Revolutions" by Larbi Larbi; Crisis of the Yemeni State: Background and Determinants by Hani Mousa; "Network Technology in the Face of Tyranny: from the Prisoner's Dilemma to the Jailer's Dilemma" by Sharif Abdul Rahman Al-Nasr; "The Small State's External Impact According to the Networks Analysis Approach: The Case of Jordan" by Samir Ramzy and "Gulf States and the Challenges of Energy Transformations by Rashid Bazeem. The issue also includes a review by Ali Hakim Salih of "The Origins of Political Order, Political Development and Decay: Review of Fukuyama's Two Books about the Origins of Political Order". The issue also included a paper prepared by Nabil Hussein on the Arab Opinion Index, entitled "Fragile State Index in Arab Public Opinion", in addition to documenting the most important " Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World" and "Palestine over two Months" in the period 1/1/2019 28/2/2019.
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Issue 036
Vol. 7 No. 036 (2019)The ACRPS has published the 36th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal Siyasat Arabiya, covering political sciences and international relations. This issue includes a special session on External Factors and Democratic Transition. The articles in this edition are: "External Factors and Arab Revolutions: Four Research Questions" by Abdel-Fattah Mady; "Authoritarian Regional Powers and Containing Democratic Transition: Saudi Arabia and Russia" by Marwa Fekry; "The Saudi and Iranian Roles in Yemen and their Impact on Political Transition" by Ahmed Idali; "The Role of External Forces in the Political Process: Libya after the Skhirat Agreement" by Ahmed Qassem Hussein; "The European Union and the Conditionality of Democracy: the Post-Arab Spring Case" by Mohamed Saadi; "US Aid and Post-2011 Democratic Transition in Egypt: A Critical Review" by Alaa Bayoumi .Book Reviews include Amitav Acharya's The End of American World Order and John Ikenberry's Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order, both reviewed by Amina Mostefa Della. A third review of Palestine Internationally: Rise of the Right Wing in the World and Re-examining the Challenges by Jamil Hilal, Munir Fakhr Eldin and Khaled Faraj is offered by Ihab Mharmeh. This issue also includes an article on the Arab Opinion Index examining "Arab Public Opinion Trends on the Role of the External Factor in Democratic Transition" by the Public Opinion Polling Unit. The Documentation section looks at Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/11/2018 - 31/12/2018 and Palestine Over Two Months 1/11/2018 - 31/12/2018.
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Issue 035
Vol. 6 No. 035 (2018)The ACRPS has published the 35th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal Siyasat Arabiya, covering political sciences and international relations. This issue includes: “The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Daesh): A General Framework and Critical Contribution to Understanding the Phenomenon” by Azmi Bishara; “Citizens or Dhimmis? The Muslim Brotherhood and Political Rights of Copts in Egypt” by Khalil al-Anani; “The Army, the Government, and the State in Algeria: From a Populist Ideology to a Neopatrimonial state” by Nouri Dris; “De-mobilizing a Mobilized Society: The Effect of the Palestinian Authority on Political Engagement” by Dana El Kurd; “The European Union and Democratic Transition in the Arab World: The Limits of Normative Power” by Mohamed Hamchi; and “The End of India's Reluctant West Asian Policy” by Omair Anas. Also included in this issue is a report by the Public Opinion Polling Unit entitled “What are the Determinants of Sectarian Sentiments?” alongside documentation of the Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 1/9/2018 - 31/10/2018 and Palestine Over Two Months 1/9/2018 - 31/10/2018. The book reviews include Lucian Boia’s The End of the West? Towards the World of Tomorrow reviewed by Otmane Atmania and Pierre Gernaud’s The Chinese Enigma: China's Strategy, Power and Impact since the Cold War, reviewed by Hikmat al-Abd al-Rahman. The issue ends with a report on the Symposium "Bullets to Ballots: Transformations from Armed to Unarmed Political Activism" by Sofia Hnezla. The journal is available for purchase and selected articles are free to download at the Siyasat Arabiya website.
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Issue 034
Vol. 6 No. 034 (2018)The ACRPS has published the 34th issue of the bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal Siyasat Arabiya, covering political sciences and international relations. This issue includes "The Deep State: An Attempt to Fine-Tune the Concept" (Ali Jarbawi), "Transnational Shiism and the Nation-State in Iraq" (Harith Hasan), "National Reconciliation in Algeria: Experience and Achievement" (Tahar Saoud), "The Influence of Street Politics on the Democratic Transition Process: A Comparative Study of Post-2011 Tunisia and Egypt" (Mahmoud Adbdalal), "The Kurdish Workers' Party: A Non-State Actor in International Conflict" (Marwa El Badry), and "China's Middle East Strategy: From the Great Wall to the Opening of the Economy" (Hikmat al-Abdal al-Rahman).Also in this issue are a report prepared by the public opinion polling unit at the ACRPS on Women's Rights and Democratic Values (Dana El Kurd, Arab Opinion Index); the two usual sections, documenting the most important developments in Arab democratic transition and events in Palestine between 1 July and 31 August 2018; two reviews of Azmi Bishara's Sect, Sectarianism and Imagined Sects, "Questions that Raise Further Questions" (Hoda Rizk) and "Semantic Extrapolations of Concepts of Political Sectarianism" (Nahar Mohamed Nuri); and a report on the seventh Annual Conference on Democratic Transition, "External Factors and the post-2011 Democratic Transition in the Arab Region" (Abdou Moussa).
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Issue 033
Vol. 6 No. 033 (2018)The thirty-third issue of Siyasat Arabiya, the bi-monthly Political Science and International Relations journal published by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, is now available. This edition includes the studies "Sinai's Insurgency: Implications of Enhanced Guerilla Warfare" by Omar Ashour; "The New Approach to the Kurdish Issue in Turkey" by Emad Kaddorah; "The Federal State Option in Yemen: Backgrounds, Justifications and the Challenges of Transition" by Adnan Yassin Al-Maktary; "The Experience of Palestinian Technocrats: The Governments of Hamdallah as a Case Study" by Ihab Maharmeh; "Measuring the State's Economic Power Adopting the Delphi Technique in the Study of the Reality of the Arab Countries 2015, Compared to the Regional Countries" by Bashar A. AL-Iraqi; "Ownership of Media and the Impact on the Independence of Journalistic Content: the Case of Sudan" by Nada Amin.In addition, Siyasat Arabiya 33 covered findings from the Arab Opinion Index, the annual public opinion survey administered by the ACRPS, as part of a regular series of articles from the Siyasat Arabiya team. This edition's report was devoted to "An Arab Assessment of Iranian Foreign Policy", written by Dana El Kurd. "Milestones in the Arab Democratic Transition" and "Palestine over Two Months" for May and June 2018 are further regular sections included in every edition of Siyasat Arabiya. Book reviews published in Siyasat Arabiya 33 include "The Adnan Abou Awda Diaries: What was Left Unsaid" by Main Al Taher.
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Issue 032
Vol. 6 No. 032 (2018)The thirty-second issue of Siyasat Arabiya, the bi-monthly Political Science and International Relations journal, published by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies is now available. This issue comprises a special section on youth and democratic transition, with articles that include: "Generational Movements in the Context of Democratic Transition: A Theoretical Introduction to the Concepts and Foundational Statements" by Ahmed Tohamy; "Does Generational Theory Provide an Explanation for the Tunisian Revolution?" by Chaker Houki; "From the 20 February Movement to the Rif Movement: Does Morocco Fear Democracy, or the Youth Generation?" by Ahmed Elkatabi; "Youth in Sudan and the Reformation of the Public Sphere: A Study of the Dynamics of Social Action and the Potentialities for Public Involvement" by Ashraf Osman Mohammed Elhassan; and "Democratic Transition in Somalia: Somali Youth as Influencers" by Abdirahman Issa.This issue further contains two studies: "The Status of Jerusalem in Israeli Law and the Trump Announcement: The Repercussions and the Prospects for Confrontation" by Alaa Mahajna; and "Participatory Democratic Transition in Tunisia: Elitist Answers in a Revolutionary Context" by Ayman Bouganmi. Additionally, Ahmed Qasem Hussein offers a review of the book Smart Power Approach as a Mechanism for International Change: the case of USA by Saif Al-Hirmizi, alongside reports on the conferences, "The Syrian Revolution: Seven Years On, What Went Wrong?" by the editorial board, and "Indo-Arab Relations: The Evolving Dynamics with a Rising Power" by Ihab Maharmeh. Dana El Kurd provides a report on "Evaluating the General Living Conditions of the Egyptian Citizenry: from the January, 2011 Revolution to the 2018 Presidential Elections" and the documentation series for this edition covers "Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 111 1/3/2018 - 30/4/2018" and "Palestine over Two Months 116 1/3/2018 - 30/4/2018".
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Issue 031
Vol. 6 No. 031 (2018)The thirty-first edition of Siyasat Arabiya, a bi-monthly political science journal, published by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies is now available. This edition includes the studies “China, Russia and the United States: Understanding the Emergence of a Tri-polar World Order” by Ali Jarbawi; “Political Stability in the Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council: the Challenge of Migration and Population Instability” by Ahmed Mohamed Abozaid; and “Resource Conflicts and Survival Instincts: Border Issues between Sudan and South Sudan” by Osama Ahmed Idrouss.A special section on the Latest Wave of Arab protests contains two studies: “The Moroccan Rif Uprising: Context and Characteristics” by Omar Iharchane; and “The Lebanese Civil Movement Activists: A Common Cause for Contradictory Backgrounds” by Maryz Younes. In addition, Siyasat Arabiya 30 covered findings from the Arab Opinion Index, the annual public opinion survey administered by the ACRPS, as part of a regular series of articles from the Siyasat Arabiya team. This edition’s report was devoted to “Palestinian Public Opinion: Latest Trends”, written by Dana El Kurd. “Milestones in the Arab Democratic Transition” and “Palestine over Two Months” for January and February 2018 are further regular sections included in every edition of Siyasat Arabiya. Book reviews published in Siyasat Arabiya 30 include Mohamed Hamchi’s reading of the Routledge Handbook of Critical Terrorism Studies; and Samir Seifan’s review of The European Dream by Jeremy Rifkin. Finally, Siyasat Arabiya includes coverage of the proceedings of the academic forum hosted by the ACRPS “Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem: The Legal and Political Significance”, prepared by Ihab Mharmeh
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Issue 030
Vol. 6 No. 030 (2018)The thirtieth edition of Siyasat Arabiya, the bi-monthly Political Science and International Relations journal, published by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies is now available. This issue includes the articles: “On the Concept of Development: Consociational Democracy and its Adequacy for Resolving Sectarian Conflicts: Northern Ireland and Lebanon as Case Studies” by Azmi Bishara; “Lessons Learned from Post-Conflict Recovery: Towards the Unification of Arab Efforts” by Sultan Barakat and Ghassen Elkahlout; “Syndicalistic Activism and the Challenges of the Transitional Phase since the "Arab Spring”: The Case of the Tunisian General Union of Labor” by Mouldi Lahmar; “Electoral Engineering in the Transitional Phase: The National Constituent Assembly Elections in Tunisia as a Case Study” by Abderrazak Al Mokhtar; and “The European Union and the Gulf Crisis: Context and Attitudes,” by Ahmad Qasim Hussein.In addition, Siyasat Arabiya 30 contains a translation of the study “The Deep State: An Emerging Concept in Comparative Politics,” by Patrick H. O'Neil, and translated by Hacene Masbah. Dana El Kurd has contributed with a paper based on the Arab Opinion Index findings entitled “Religiosity and its Political Effect”. The regular Documentation section of this edition includes “Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World 117 1/11/2017 - 31/12/2017” and “Palestine Over Two Months 122 1/11/2017 - 31/12/2017”. Finally, the edition contains two book reviews. Mahmoud Abdalel reviewed "Inside the Muslim Brotherhood: Religion, Identity, and Politics" by Khalil al-Anani while Khalil Fadl Osman reviewed "The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq" by Emma Sky.
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Issue 029
Vol. 5 No. 029 (2017)The 29th edition of Siyasat Arabiya, the ACRPS' journal devoted to the study of political science, international affairs and strategic studies was published in December, 2017. Research papers carried in this latest edition include:"What defines Terrorism? The Identity of the Victim or that of the Victimizer?," by Azmi Bishara; "Qatar's Humanitarian Aid to Palestine," by Elia Zureik; "Consociationalism and Shia Political Islam in Iraq: Problems in Discourse and Challenges to Diversity," by Akeel Abbas; "Hamas in British Political Discourse: A One-Sided View," by Adeeb Ziadeh; " ASEAN as a Security Community: Between Assumption and Reality Testimony," by Achour Guechi; and "Kurds and the Syrian Revolution," by Abdulbaset Sieda.In the special section devoted to the Arab Opinion Index, Dana El Kurd contributes "State Capacity and its Impact on Public Opinion." Other fixtures include "Milestones in Democratic Transition in the Arab World," "Palestine over Two Months," and a number of book reviews and critiques. These include: Haytham Mouzahem's review of Olivier Roy's Le Djihad et la Mort; Nael Georges' review of William Taylor's "Military Responses to the Arab Uprisings and the Future of Civil-Military Relations in the Middle East: Analysis from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Syria"; Abdou Moussa's review of the conference "The Youth, Generational Shift and Democratic Transition in Arab Countries" and Ahmed Qassem Hussein's review of the ACRPS conference "Christian Arabs in the Greater Mashreq: Determinants of Continuity, Emigration and Forced Migration".Further details can be found on the Siyasat Arabiya webpage.
